Postdoctoral Scholar Awards – $35,000 for One Year — Submission Deadline: March 15, 2021
Regular Grants – Up to $100,000 Per Year, Two Year Maximum — Submission Deadline: May 15, 2021
This year, in response to the relatively recent clustering of ocular melanoma cases in Alabama, the Alabama-based IRRF plans to fund one grant addressing this condition. Preference will be given to proposals exploring genetic, epidemiologic, or environmental relationships to the pathogenesis of ocular melanoma.
Download forms: HERE. Questions or request for information should be forwarded to Sandra Blackwood either by email, sblackwood@irrf.org by phone, 205-325-8103, or by writing to Sandra Blackwood, Executive Director, The International Retinal Research Foundation, Inc., 1720 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35233
Current IRRF-Funded Research
The IRRF Board of Directors approves up to two years of funding for eight grantees. Below are the current awardees.
Meet the new 2020 IRRF Scholar Awardees
Kelman Awardee Callahan Awardee Rich Awardee
The next submission date for IRRF Postdoctoral Scholar Awards is March 15, 2021. More Info. Download form: Grant Application.doc Questions or request for information should be forwarded to Sandra Blackwood either by email, sblackwood@irrf.org or phone, 205-325-8103
Recent News
IRRF President Michael A. Callahan, MD has been selected as a member
Dr. Jablonski is an IRRF-supported scientist at the University of Tennessee – Memphis.
PROJECT TITLE: Quality control of photoreceptor outer segment proteome Dr. Shinde received